Ita Enang, senior special
assistant to the president on national assembly matters (senate), has asked the
national assembly to consider the budget of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) as soon as it resumes.

In an interview with journalist
in Abuja on Monday, Enang said Nigerians were crying because the approval for
borrowing and other requests before the lawmakers have not been approved.

While welcoming the lawmakers
back from their annual recess, the presidential aide said the electoral
amendment bill should also be passed as it will ensure the proper mode and
method of conducting the 2019 elections.

Enang added that he hopes the
outcome of the primary elections of political parties will not affect the way
they will consider the nation’s business.

The lawmakers are slated to
resume on Tuesday after a recess which began on July 24.

“I congratulate all of them and I
pray that let the result, positive, favourable or otherwise, not affect the way
they will consider the nation’s business,” he said.

“Let them please appreciate that
they are senators and honourable members of the national assembly and the constitution
entrusts the duty on then and they should please exercise this duty with the
greatest show of patriotism.

“I also praise them that before
they proceeded on vacation, they had passed the 2018 Budget. And in the 2018
Budget, there was provision for borrowing.

“And the provision for borrowing
can only be effected when the national assembly approves it. We are therefore
praying them to please consider this expeditiously because Nigerians are crying
and shouting: shouting because the budget is not being implemented yet, because
the budget passed without passing the sources of funding the budget, without
approving that the loan be taken.

”So, we are appealing to the
senate in particular to let these be on their drawing board and on their fast
lane.”